Misspelled: Zuidbarge
Misspelled place names are not uncommon. However, it should be expected that official authorities give places the correct names. Yet, things can sometimes go wrong. This was also the case in Zuidbarge, a village near Emmen in the province of Drenthe.
On February 1, 1919, an auxiliary post office was established in Zuidbarge. The establishment was announced as follows: Announcement No. 411S of January 15, 1919: Effective February 1, 1919, an auxiliary post office is being established in Zuid-Barge and Weerdinge, for which the post office in Emmen will serve as the head office.
The stamps were not destroyed but preserved. In December 1926, the date stamp was returned to the station master. Six months later, the office name stamp was also returned. That was in June 1927. During an inspection, it was found that the date stamp no longer met the quality requirements, and in December 1958, the stamp was rejected. A new date stamp was ordered from the firm Numerofa in Amsterdam.
An impression of the new stamp for Zuidbarge has been made in the stamp book of the Numerofa company, without the addition of the province name. The date and time are fictitious. The stamp was sent to Zuidbarge on March 20, 1959, and the rejected stamp returned in May 1959.
That did happen when the post station was given a different name on October 31, 1977: Emmen-Zuidbargerstraat. Service Order No. H.527 of November 15, 1977: H.527. Change of designation of postal facilities. On November 1, 1977, the name of the postal facility mentioned below was changed to the name stated behind it: Business Form Old name New name Post Station Zuidbarge Emmen-Zuidbargerstraat And so two new stamps were manufactured. However, the station master did not enjoy his stamps for very long, for the post station was closed on December 31, 1978. But Zuidbarge still exists and hopes to celebrate its 650th anniversary in 2012.
Sometimes lists of provinces are compiled and you have to fill in which one you live in. North Brabant is almost always called Brabant, but Brabant is a province of Belgium. So you are asked to enter an incorrect answer. By the way, I thought 's-Hertogenbosch isn't called Den Bosch either, but The Hague is called The Hague, right?
Cees
If I remember correctly, there are stamps with Valkenberg instead of Valkenburg (ZL) and Heerle instead of Heerlen.
I can't find the examples that quickly.
Hello Cees,
I have an envelope with the stamp "DE REEDE" where the place name Veendam has been omitted. It should have been "VEENDAM DE REEDE". By the way, very nice pieces about stamps; I always read them with great pleasure.
Jos, the name Valkenberg was prescribed just after the turn of the century in 1901: Service Order No. 113 P – 235 T of June 21, 1901: The Limburg municipality of “Valkenburg” shall henceforth be written as “Valkenberg” in all documents. The alphabetical list of municipalities, etc., must be brought into conformity with this.
However, that was reversed again in 1905: Service Order No. 84 of March 2, 1905: The Limburg municipality of “Valkenberg” shall henceforth be written as “Valkenburg” in all documents. The alphabetical list of municipalities, etc., must be brought into conformity with this.
The name Valkenberg was therefore correct for a few years.
The Veendam-De Reede city post agency was established on August 13, 1979. The first cylinder bar stamp with serial number 1 was ordered on August 2, 1979, and manufactured by the Braungardt company in Germany. This stamp was correct. The designation VEENDAM-DE REEDE 1 was included in the stamp. However, a second stamp was ordered later, with serial number 2. In the meantime, the Braungardt company had been taken over by the Raab company. They supplied the second stamp with the name DE REEDE. Where was the mistake made? Probably when ordering the stamp. But I have not been able to find that out.
josh,
For a long time, the rumor circulated that Heerlen also had a large circular stamp called Heerle (I even copied this from predecessors in my large circular stamp catalogue at the time, assuming it was correct). Cees discovered a few years ago that this stamp never existed. So we can remove that from our missing lists 🙂 Incidentally, Heerlen was indeed called Heerle for a few years in the late 19th century, so in that context, it wouldn't even have been illogical.